[Intro]
[D] [Dsus2] [D] [Dsus2] [D] [Dsus2] [G] [Em7] [A] [D] [G]
[Verse1]
[D]Vineland, New Jersey, farm land stretching
Far as the eye can [G]see [G] [D/F#]
[Em7]Not much down there, but [A]sun-[Asus4]sun-scorched pastures in
[D]Nineteen-fifty-[G]Nineteen-fifty-three
[D]The war is over, they came searching
For a place to [G]be [D/F#]
[Em7]They left the Rhineland, they l[A]los[Asus4]ost their homeland, and
[D]All their fami[G]family
[Chorus]
[A]Like feathers on the [G]ocean breeze
They went [Bm]spinning and [A/C#]tumbling 'cross the [D]sea
[Em]Never known where they'd [G]come down [A]
Or who they'd [D]be
[A]Like heather on the h[G]hillside
They were [Bm]bruised and they were [A/C#]battered by the [D]breeze
[Em7]Searching for a [G]pla[A]place
To be [D]free
[Instrumental]
[D] [Dsus2] [D] [Dsus2] [D] [G] [Em7] [A] [D] [G]
[Verse2]
[D]Sun burn summers and frostbite winter
Kids were plainly [G]dressed [G] [D/F#]
[Em7]Left the farmhouse when [A]he [Asus4]was old enough, and
[D]Headed out we[G]west
[D]From California to Southern Africa
And all the way to [G]France [G] [D/F#]
[Em7]And on to England to m[A]meet my mother in
[D]Nineteen-eighty-[G]Nineteen-eighty-one [G] [D/F#]
[Chorus]
[A]A feather on the o[G]ocean breeze
He went [Bm]spinning and [A/C#]tumbling 'cross the [D]sea
[Em]Never known where he'd c[G]come down[A]down
Or who he'd [D]be
[A]Like heather on the [G]hillside
He was [Bm]bruised and he was [A/C#]battered by the [D]breeze
[Em7]Searching for a [G]pla[A]place
To be [D]free
[Bridge]
Oh, and [G]like a seed
That is [Gm]flying in the wind
In search of [D]water, s[A]soil, and [Bm]sun
And the [Em7]birds and the b[E9]bees
To have it all [A]along[Asus4]along [A]
[Verse3]
[D]Now here I am, thirty-three years down
Two-thousand-seven[G]Two-thousand-seventeen
[Em7]I've seen the Rhineland, I've [A]been [Asus4]to Vineland, I'm[D]I'm
A feather on the [G]breeze